CPAA President Zella Anderson quickly contacted Dogs Deserve Better , an organization dedicated to ending the suffering of dogs left perpetually tethered, penned and otherwise neglected.Tamira Ci Thayne, founder and CEO of Dogs Deserve Better, left for Tennessee on Wednesday to retrieve the dog and reunite him with his owner.

"Preventing the overpopulation of dogs and especially cats is a monumental task and will only be achieved by working together," said Zella Anderson, CPAA director.
"I am excited to be working on this initiative with Hampden Township and hope to form similar relationships with other municipalities in the area."

The micro-chip is placed in the back of the animal's neck using a syringe like that used to give a vaccine, Anderson said.
"Most dogs don't feel it at all," she said.